The Royal Botanic Gardens (Port-of-Spain)

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The Gardens are comprised of twenty-five (25) hectares of beautifully landscaped grounds located north of the capital city of Port of Spain.

Trinidad and Tobago are the southern-most islands of the Caribbean and enjoy a tropical climate with a distinct dry season (from January to May) and a wet season (from June to December). It has a mean annual temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and an average rainfall of 1526 mm per year.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, established in 1818, is one of the oldest gardens in the West Indies which has had a continuous existence.

Today, the gardens consist of approximately seven hundred (700) trees of which thirteen percent (13%) are indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. Trees in our gardens represent every continent of the world.
Opening Hours:
Sunday to Sunday
365 days a year
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Admission:
Free

Note:
For tours to the Botanic Gardens, please telephone the Administrative Office in order to make appointments.


Contact Information:
Administration Office.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Horticultural Services
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
Cotton Hill, Maraval, Trinidad, W.I.

Office Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Telephone: (868) 622 1221 Ext. 2160 – 2165
Fax: (868) 622 9131
Email: rbgtnt@wow.net
Website: www.trinidad.net/fobgtt/